“What we have learned from others becomes our own reflection.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meet the heroes who were the first in their family to go to college – the ones who show you the way to aspire and achieve:
Zoomz 1st Gen. Heroes:
- Candy Alvarado: Teacher, Bunche Elementary
- Paola Alvarez: Director of Human Resources, Montage Beverly Hills
- Laura Casas Frier: Board of Foothill - De Anza
- Kikey Castillo: Actress/Entertainment Journalist, Latin Heat Entertainment
- Marisela Cervantes: Executive Director of the Southeast Cities Schools Coalition
- Alicia Crank: Mountain View City Commissioner for Human Relations
- Sandra Espino: College Site Coordinator, Santa Maria Bonita School District, UCSB Early Academic Outreach
- Christian L. Garcia: Manager of Customer Operations at Southern California Edison
- Oscar Garcia: President/CEO of Mountain View Chamber of Commerce and Founder, Mesa de la Comunidad
- Jose Hernandez: Former Migrant Worker Set for Blastoff
- Carlos Jimenez: Sacred Hearth Nativity School, Counselor & Alumni Outreach
- Dr. Francisco Jimenez: Fay Boyle Professor and Director of the Ethnic Studies Program at Santa Clara University
- Derek Lipkin: ALearn Intern, UCLA Law Student
- Dr. David P. Lopez: President of The National Hispanic University
- Judy Miner: President of Foothill College
- Ivonne G. Ruggles: Evie Evan, Inc.
- Sonia Sotomayor: Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Rafael Suarez: Distinguished International Journalist and former Talk show host
- Carlos Torres: Zoomz.net Website Manager, SCU Alum '09
- Dallas Tremain Te'o: East Palo Alto YMCA
- Fernando R. Zazueta: Attorney at Law